Air Travel

With the ski season in the Northern Hemisphere in full swing, here’s a detailed look at how to fly with your gear – what the rules are and how to best pack your skis. Continue reading to learn more about the topic including what the best ski bags for air travel are (my favorite’s the Thule […]

Happy New Year! With 2024 here, it’s time to look back at the flying I did over the last year. While I’ll be writing a full recap of the year later on like I did last year (and have been doing since 2016), I’ll first start by looking at some of my favorite flights from

If you like flying and celebrating the New Year then taking a flight that crosses the International Date Line and allows you to celebrate the New Year twice might be something to put on your bucket list. Continue reading to find out which flights will take off on January 1, 2024, and land on December

Like with the other two major quad jets, Boeing 747 and Airbus A380, the number of active Airbus A340s has dwindled considerably over the last few years. That’s especially the case with aircraft used on scheduled passenger routes. Continue reading this guide to find out which airlines still fly the A340 and what routes they

Lufthansa has the most diverse quad-jet fleet in the world. In addition to operating two variants of the iconic Boeing 747 and the giant Airbus A380, the airline is also by far the largest of the remaining Airbus A340 operators. It uses both the A340-600 which was once the longest airliner in the world and

With over 25 passenger Boeing 747s in its fleet, Lufthansa is at this point the largest operator of the type in the world. It is also the largest operator of both the 747-400 and the 747-8 and, together with Air China and Korean Air, one of the three operators of the passenger version of the

Air China is, together with Korean Air and Lufthansa, one of the world’s three operators of Boeing 747-8’s passenger variant. In addition to that, it also continues to use a couple of older 747-400s. Continue reading to find out what flights the Air China 747s can be flown on, how many of the aircraft it

With there being over 20 domestic airlines in Japan, flying is one of the best ways to get around the country. That’s especially the case if you want to cover greater distances like Tokyo to Sapporo or if you need to travel between cities where bullet trains are not an option. You can, of course,

While Japan has an extensive network of fast and comfortable (albeit not that cheap) bullet trains, the country’s size and large population mean it also has an extensive network of domestic flights. Historically, air ticket prices were expensive. However, in the recent decade, they have come down significantly thanks to the arrival of the low-cost